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WHISKERY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does whiskery mean?
• WHISKERY (adjective)
The adjective WHISKERY has 1 sense:
1. having hair on the cheeks and chin
Familiarity information: WHISKERY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having hair on the cheeks and chin
Synonyms:
barbate; bearded; bewhiskered; whiskered; whiskery
Similar:
unshaved; unshaven (not shaved)
Derivation:
whisker (a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat)
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